Newsfeed: Four Reasons Why Investors Expect US Dollar to Keep Sliding
Professional investors see the dollar sliding even further from last year’s two-decade highs, as the market has underpriced the Federal Reserve’s oncoming easing cycle.
Professional investors see the dollar sliding even further from last year’s two-decade highs, as the market has underpriced the Federal Reserve’s oncoming easing cycle.
The dollar is losing its reserve status at a faster pace than generally accepted as many analysts have failed to account for last year’s wild exchange rate moves, according to Stephen Jen.
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index showed prices were up 20.6 percent in March compared with 12-months earlier. That is a faster pace than the 20 percent gain in February.
The emerging multi-polar world now includes foreign-exchange markets — as China and Russia, the biggest challengers to U.S. supremacy, boost direct trading between their currencies.
As Ernest Hemingway famously wrote in The Sun Also Rises … “How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways: Gradually, then suddenly.” Of course, this isn’t the only great excerpt from this classic book … “Everyone behaves badly … given the chance.” These two excerpts sum up the world’s financial condition … and the policymakers who’ve been driving …
While a lockdown stops the economy and slows everything down … putting downward pressure on prices … central banks led by the Fed are conjuring TRILLIONS of fresh dollars out of thin air. And Uncle Sam is making sure they get into circulation. Will prices rise or fall? Can an economy grow when it’s locked …
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The COVID-19 pandemic means the economy has slowed down … way down in some cases. So, central banks led by the Fed are conjuring TRILLIONS of fresh dollars out of thin air. And Uncle Sam is making sure they get into circulation. The question on many investors’ minds is, “WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?” Will …
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Last week the Fed pumped over $200 billion of freshly printed cash into the repo market. Since then, the Fed’s upped the ante to $400 billion … and counting. For those young or asleep during the 2008 financial crisis … … back then, the Fed provided an infusion of $85 billion per month to keep …
As of this writing, we’re not sure what the Fed will do with interest rates, though it’s widely expected they’ll cut. So as much as we’d like to talk about what it means to real estate investors, we’ll wait to see what happens. And even though mainstream financial media are finally paying attention to gold …
There’s a lot of talk in the media about tariffs, taxes, and trade … what does all of that really mean for real estate investors? As a real estate investor, you need to understand what is going on economically. What’s happening at an international level can trickle down to your local playing field. To help …
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